From: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX (The dc-cycles list administrator) To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Subject: dc-cycles digest for 09/30/08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ /-----\ __ 'dc-cycles' is an unmoderated email discussion list (__\/ _____ \/__) about motorcycling in the Washington D.C. area. =( \___/ )= \ ___ / An archive of the dc-cycles list is available at: | / _ \ | http://www.dc-cycles.org/ \ || || / \|| ||/ Subscribe/unsubscribe requests should be sent to: \| |/ dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:15:09 -0400 From: "Paul Wilson" To: DC-Cycles Subject: [dc-cycles] Paul biffs the Viffer I was on the way to Mass. for the weekend last Thursday when "it" happened. I had just gassed up and had a little snack on the NJ Tpke and may have been a little distracted that my earplugs didn't seat very well. I was experiencing a lot of noise. Whatever the cause my mind wandered and I was a little late noticing the brake lights come on in front of me. The pavement was dry, but there was hazy mid-day sunshine and a lot of glare. This was in the northbound "cars only" lanes near Elizabeth. So, what I think happened is I saw myself closing fast on slowing traffic in front on me (I was going about 60), had a panicked reaction and grabbed the front brake. I remember thinking I needed to brake hard, but really no harder than I've braked before a zillion times. But obviously I overcooked it, locking the front wheel and immediately losing control. In a nanosecond, everything went screwy. Luckily it was a lowside, the bike went down on its left side, I fell on my left knee, left elbow and left shoulder. I also hit the pavement with my chin, via the full face helmet of course. Honestly I don't even remember hitting the ground. I was back on my feet before a couple of motorists bailed out of their cars to help me. We got the bike off onto the shoulder just as the state police arrived in force with three cruisers. The tow truck came and scooped up what was left of the bike. The front end bodywork and instruments are totally smashed. Clip-ons bent, both levers broken. The bike must have run into the tire or bumper of another car as it slid--honestly I don't know--in order to account for the damage. I was on the ground behind it. Obviously my ride was over in an instant. State cops didn't write up a citation. I just told them I lowsided without getting into the nitty-gritty. Some other guy was pulled off on the shoulder, claiming I hit him. Cops weren't really buying his story that I hit him first, then went down. It was definitely the other way around. Dunno what's going to happen with that. Insurance will sort it out. I didn't speak with the other driver, and just gave my info to the cops. Within ten-fifteen minutes I was in the tow truck. I checked myself out--the cops never even asked if I needed medical attention. I guess since I was walking around and not visibly bleeding buckets. The Vanson leathers, Held gloves, Aerostich combat lite boots and Shoei X11 did their jobs. Nothing wore through, so no road rash. My left knee hurt a little from the fall. I got to the towing/impound lot and I paid the fees to get the bike released. $200. Ouch. I do have a emergency breakdown/towing policy, so I got them on the phone and within an hour, I was at the local Honda dealer. A formality I'm sure--the bike's a total loss--but at least all my stuff was in a safe location, Metro Honda in Metuchen. The guys there were super nice. I got a duffel bag and loaded up all my clothes, and they gave me a lift to the train station, after I changed out of the leathers, and gave myself the once-over in the mirror, just to make sure. I decided to continue by train to the weekend conference. My friend Ed picked me up from Amtrak up in Mass. I felt like I'd been beaten up the next day. My knee hurt like hell, making climbing steps difficult. My head hurt like the worst hangover I'd ever had, and my neck and shoulders ached, but all of that soon passed with a couple of hot baths, some stretching and lots of rest. I'm back to about 95% today. So, my 95 VFR with 97k miles is no more. Time to look for another bike, I guess. I definitely want to keep riding. _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) From: Julian Halton To: "'Paul Wilson'" , DC-Cycles Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:23:42 -0400 Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US acceptlanguage: en-US Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Paul biffs the Viffer Paul So sorry to have to read this. But really glad that you are back to 95%. It has been two weeks for me and it still hurts to breathe hard. I can feel the tendon in my left shoulder slip out of its groove when I try to lift. I am lifting at about 75% right now up from 25% last week. I know that VFR was really special as you and it had seen miles and miles of roads. I have some extra gear if you need a loaner. I have a squeaky clean R1 for sale :). My R6 is still in injured reserve status. Be careful with insurance as they may give you money but then totally jack your rates. Glad you got no citation. The bike may not be a total loss. If anything still hurts get checked out. Anything I can do to help let me know. Julian Halton -----Original Message----- From: dc-cycles-bounces@XXXXXX [mailto:dc-cycles-bounces@XXXXXX] On Behalf Of Paul Wilson To: DC-Cycles Subject: [dc-cycles] Paul biffs the Viffer I was on the way to Mass. for the weekend last Thursday when "it" happened. I had just gassed up and had a little snack on the NJ Tpke and may have been a little distracted that my earplugs didn't seat very well. I was experiencing a lot of noise. Whatever the cause my mind wandered and I was a little late noticing the brake lights come on in front of me. The pavement was dry, but there was hazy mid-day sunshine and a lot of glare. This was in the northbound "cars only" lanes near Elizabeth. So, what I think happened is I saw myself closing fast on slowing traffic in front on me (I was going about 60), had a panicked reaction and grabbed the front brake. I remember thinking I needed to brake hard, but really no harder than I've braked before a zillion times. But obviously I overcooked it, locking the front wheel and immediately losing control. In a nanosecond, everything went screwy. Luckily it was a lowside, the bike went down on its left side, I fell on my left knee, left elbow and left shoulder. I also hit the pavement with my chin, via the full face helmet of course. Honestly I don't even remember hitting the ground. I was back on my feet before a couple of motorists bailed out of their cars to help me. We got the bike off onto the shoulder just as the state police arrived in force with three cruisers. The tow truck came and scooped up what was left of the bike. The front end bodywork and instruments are totally smashed. Clip-ons bent, both levers broken. The bike must have run into the tire or bumper of another car as it slid--honestly I don't know--in order to account for the damage. I was on the ground behind it. Obviously my ride was over in an instant. State cops didn't write up a citation. I just told them I lowsided without getting into the nitty-gritty. Some other guy was pulled off on the shoulder, claiming I hit him. Cops weren't really buying his story that I hit him first, then went down. It was definitely the other way around. Dunno what's going to happen with that. Insurance will sort it out. I didn't speak with the other driver, and just gave my info to the cops. Within ten-fifteen minutes I was in the tow truck. I checked myself out--the cops never even asked if I needed medical attention. I guess since I was walking around and not visibly bleeding buckets. The Vanson leathers, Held gloves, Aerostich combat lite boots and Shoei X11 did their jobs. Nothing wore through, so no road rash. My left knee hurt a little from the fall. I got to the towing/impound lot and I paid the fees to get the bike released. $200. Ouch. I do have a emergency breakdown/towing policy, so I got them on the phone and within an hour, I was at the local Honda dealer. A formality I'm sure--the bike's a total loss--but at least all my stuff was in a safe location, Metro Honda in Metuchen. The guys there were super nice. I got a duffel bag and loaded up all my clothes, and they gave me a lift to the train station, after I changed out of the leathers, and gave myself the once-over in the mirror, just to make sure. I decided to continue by train to the weekend conference. My friend Ed picked me up from Amtrak up in Mass. I felt like I'd been beaten up the next day. My knee hurt like hell, making climbing steps difficult. My head hurt like the worst hangover I'd ever had, and my neck and shoulders ached, but all of that soon passed with a couple of hot baths, some stretching and lots of rest. I'm back to about 95% today. So, my 95 VFR with 97k miles is no more. Time to look for another bike, I guess. I definitely want to keep riding. _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:45:30 -0400 From: "Thomas Jordan" To: "List DC Cycles" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 Subject: [dc-cycles] Neat - IMCDB Internet Movie Cars Database - Find the movies that a given car has been in. Also lists motorcycles. http://www.imcdb.org/ _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=F2Fp9fodh7QA:10 a=QZsC25fBTNBYlQlYs9YA:9 a=LNNaBgeJAc2FxVECBUH9MR2A3-0A:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 From: PenguinBiker@XXXXXX To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX (B-DC cycles) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:59:37 +0000 X-Authenticated-Sender: UGVuZ3VpbkJpa2VyQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Paul biffs the Viffer --===============0761649934== -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Paul Wilson" dcmcrider@XXXXXX > > panicked reaction and… Damn. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy has it right, “Don’t Panic!” Unfortunately that is _really_ easy to say, dammed hard to do but if you can it will save your ass more often then not. The next best thing is coming through OK, glad you did. -- John W. --===============0761649934== _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles --===============0761649934==-- _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) From: "W.S." To: "DC-Cycles" Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:30:00 -0400 Subject: [dc-cycles] HD demos in Baltimore Just happened to run across this demo promo for the coming weekend: http://tinyurl.com/4prl39 Button pressing turned up: The Harley-Davidson/Buell Store of Baltimore 8845 Pulaski Highway Baltimore MD 21237 Phone: (410) 238-2003 Fax: (410) 238-2952 Which seems to be the location. Check first. Bill S. / DC (on digest) '99 VN750 > Disclaimer - For DCCYCS enjoyment only. No advocacy intended. Green machines join the AMA. _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@XXXXXX http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles